Gromos had always been a creature feared by all, both Reincarnators and natives.
Never mind its disgusting ability to level up when beaten to death before reaching its final form; its energy absorption and infusion alone rendered most of the progressive faction's technological products ineffective.
It was truly a nightmare incarnate!
And this monster, which should have only appeared in the ultimate apocalypse stage, was now alive and breathing right here.
This caught the natives completely off guard, their hands going numb with fear, their legs becoming disobedient.
“Xiao Ruan? What are you doing?”
“Is something wrong with Zhang Chen?”
Xu Ruina carefully observed the situation before her and quickly analyzed the general circumstances.
“Xiao Ruan? Could it be… this is the Gromos that Zhang Chen is rumored to have tamed, his pet?”
Tang Xiaoen was taken aback. He was primarily responsible for security and had limited knowledge about the Reincarnators, but knew much more about the natives.
He had only heard occasionally that a remarkable figure had appeared among this batch of Reincarnators, someone who had actually tamed a Gromos.
However, Tang Xiaoen had always thought he had misheard, or that the person was joking. After all, the performance of the Reincarnators in the previous two sessions had been utterly disappointing, leading people to often make sarcastic remarks.
He never expected to actually see a tamed Gromos today, and the shock in his heart was like a turbulent wave, lingering for a long time.
“Gugu…”
Xiao Ruan had no time for further conversation. It let out a couple of hums and then continued to focus on injecting the energy from Zhang Chen’s body into that immense parallel world.
Even though Xiao Ruan was desperately sucking, it was only delaying the spread of the meteorite’s energy, unable to completely repel it.
After all, no matter how strong Gromos was, it was still a creature of the apocalypse. Compared to the meteorite core, it was merely a small derivative. The only thing that had any real effect was the other world with its equally immense energy.
As the white light was inch by inch slowly conquering Zhang Chen’s consciousness, suddenly, Xiao Ruan’s massive body trembled violently.
It made a motion similar to an animal about to vomit.
Immediately after, an extremely powerful energy surged back from the parallel world, directly rushing into Zhang Chen’s body along the path built by Xiao Ruan.
Bang!
A mighty force directly flung Xiao Ruan off Zhang Chen.
Because the speed was too fast, only three of its eight tentacles released their grip; the other five were directly torn into two segments by the immense force!
Xiao Ruan fell painfully against the wall, then instantly shrunk to its smaller size, slowly floating in mid-air.
Blue liquid continuously dripped from the severed limbs.
“Bandage it!”
Xu Ruina said to Tang Xiaoen.
“Ah?”
Tang Xiaoen was greatly startled by Xu Ruina’s words and looked hesitantly at the image of Tang Houde.
Firstly, he and his team were deeply ingrained with fear of Gromos. Not to mention facing this monster, even hearing its name during the day could easily lead to nightmares at night.
Secondly, although Tang Xiaoen was the captain, Tang Houde was present now, and his administrative rank was higher. Tang Xiaoen needed his consent to act.
“Cooperate. Zhang Chen and his team are very important to us and the entire apocalypse!”
“I didn’t expect him to achieve what others couldn’t…”
Tang Houde nodded in agreement.
Only then did Tang Xiaoen order the medical personnel to go and bandage Gromos.
The latter was extremely unwilling, but military orders were not to be defied. They could only brace themselves and proceed. Before leaving, they even briefed Tang Xiaoen on their final wishes…
“And… Xiao Bai! Save Xiao Bai first!”
Suddenly, a weak voice came from a corner.
It was Zhang Wenwen!
After Xu Linna left, the ability controlling Zhang Wenwen disappeared.
However, the energy wave generated when Xu Linna damaged the world control hub had impacted Zhang Wenwen, instantly scattering her energy, which was now in the process of re-gathering.
She was like a weakened ring, unable to exert any strength.
“Xiao Bai? What happened to Xiao Bai?”
Xu Ruina followed the direction Zhang Wenwen was pointing with her finger and saw Xiao Bai lying in a pile of rubble.
Her frail body now appeared exceptionally weak and pitiable.
“Quick, save Xiao Bai first!”
Xu Ruina shouted urgently.
The medical personnel glanced at Tang Xiaoen. After receiving his consent, they quickly rushed towards Xiao Bai.
Saving someone was much easier than getting up close and personal with Gromos.
However, when he saw Xiao Bai’s injuries, the medical personnel frowned and immediately took out the first-aid kit to begin resuscitation.
A moment later, the medical personnel made an OK gesture and said:
“The bleeding has been stopped, the shattered bones have been reshaped and fixed, and regenerative serum has been injected into the damaged body according to the first-aid protocols for androids.”
“Although the injuries are severe, she is alive. With the strong adaptability of a first-generation android, she should recover in a few days!”
“However…”
Reaching this point, the medical personnel looked at Xu Ruina with lingering fear and asked:
“Although first-generation androids have perfect appearances and genes, they possess an insurmountable tendency towards violence, enjoying the torture and slaughter of all life, and are extremely cruel and selfish. How did you manage to make her willing to sacrifice her life to protect others?”
“Such selfless behavior… should not appear in an android, at least certainly not in a first-generation android!”
The medical personnel asked with some confusion.
He was an experienced field doctor, easily deducing the injured person’s state at the time of injury from the wounds and damage, which was a basic qualification.
“This… you’ll have to ask him!”
Xu Ruina said, casting her gaze towards Zhang Chen.
At this moment, both Xu Ruina and Tang Houde were focusing their attention on Zhang Chen.
Following the explosion just now, Zhang Chen’s condition had changed again.
Just as the white light was about to engulf Zhang Chen, after the explosion ended, Zhang Chen surprisingly returned to a normal state. Even the wound on his forehead and his scorched hair had returned to their original appearance.
“This isn’t regenerative recovery, it’s a reset!”
Tang Houde clearly saw that Zhang Chen’s clothes had been torn in places, but they were now as good as new.
Regeneration could grow the body, but it wouldn’t make clothes regenerate too!
“Whoosh!”
Zhang Chen exhaled a breath, his gaze somewhat unfocused, as if he had just come back to his senses.
“Xiao Bai!”
The first thing Zhang Chen did upon regaining his senses was to rush towards Xiao Bai.
However, as soon as he moved, he instantly flew out and crashed directly into the wall opposite him.
What was even more astonishing was that the originally solid wall shattered like tofu under Zhang Chen’s impact, and a large amount of gravel splashed out, striking the natives’ armor and making clanging sounds, leaving shallow scratches on their armor.